Directions: Going south out of Lake View on Hwy #41 turn left at the grain
elevators. Follow this road 1.3 miles. Cross SR #427, now Cooktown Road,
where SR #278 becomes a dirt road. Cross Eastern Prong of Herrod's Branch.
At the first field on the right past the branch, park and walk to back right
corner of field, about 200 yards from road. (Hope & pray that the field
isn't freshly plowed!) Cemetery is just in the edge of the woods, under one
large tree that the loggers left standing.

This listing includes ALL tombstones and funeral home markers that were
found.

This cemetery covers a larger area than the stones would indicate. There are
large spaces in the rows between the tombstones. It is apparent that there
are many more graves here.

HISTORY:
Barrett "Writ" Barfield, Jr. was the son of Barrett Barfield, Sr & his wife
Susannah (_?_). Barrett Sr. and most of his purported twenty-two children
sold out and went to Georgia about 1836/8. Subject of a sizable section in
the "History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W. W. Sellers, the Barfield
family in Dillon County is today represented only by the descendants of Writ
Barfield and three of his sisters who married into the Goodyear and Rogers
families. Sellers speculated that Barrett Sr. was a son or nephew of the
Tory Captain Jesse Barfield. Research has not confirmed this, but it has
provided clues that indicate the likelihood of it.

Writ's lands and the cemetery appear to have been part of a land grant to
Joshua Barfield in the 1780's. Records show that Joshua Barfield was
probably closely related to the Tory Captain Jesse Barfield, as Joshua paid
taxes on the estate of a Jesse Barfield in 1786. There no clear line of
conveyance of these lands to Writ in the Marion or Dillon County records. In
the early to mid-1800's Writ's lands bounded on Furney Barfield, William
Ford, James R. Hayes, John Elvington and Solomon Miller.

"The Tally Place", home of Robert Tally Barfield who was a son of Writ, was
located several hundred yards southeast of the cemetery. It was most likely
the homeplace of Writ, but no trace of it remains.

Individuals buried here include Writ and his second wife Martha "Patsie"
(_?_). Evander Barfield was one of Writ's sons. Caroline Barfield Cook was
daughter of Writ, who married George Cook, son of Ebenezer Cook and Telatha
Miller. Mary Ann Cook and Thadeus Elmore Cook were unwed children of George
and Caroline. Writ's children Tally and Susan are said to be buried here.
Both unwed, they resided on the homeplace until their deaths. It is likely
that Writ's first wife, Mary Porter is also buried here. (The death
certificate of their son Harley states that his mother was Mary Porter.)

SOURCES: Marion and Dillon Co deeds and plats; State of SC land grants and
plats; U.S. census records; Marion Co tax lists; Revolutionary War records;
Family Bibles; death certificate of Harley Barfield; interviews with great
grandchildren of Writ Barfield.